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Iva Toguri D'Aquino

1916 - 2006

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Iva Ikuko Toguri D'Aquino (Japanese: 戸栗郁子 アイバ; July 4, 1916 – September 26, 2006) was an American citizen visiting Japan when World War II began. Unable to return to the United States, she risked her life smuggling food to American service men held in prisoner of war camps. The Japanese authorities forced Toguri to work as a disc jockey and radio personality on English-language radio broadcasts transmitted by Radio Tokyo to Allied troops in the South Pacific during World War II on the Zero Hour radio show. Toguri refused to broadcast anti-American propaganda, and tried to make a farce of the broadcasts. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2024). Iva Toguri D'Aquino is the 61st most popular mafioso (down from 60th in 2024), the 9,477th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,663rd in 2019) and the 24th most popular American Mafioso.

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Among MAFIOSOS

Among mafiosos, Iva Toguri D'Aquino ranks 61 out of 70. Before her are Tony Accardo, Carlos Marcello, Abu Qatada, Sergei Magnitsky, Jonathan Pollard, and Kenneth Lay. After her are Rakhat Aliyev, Steven Avery, Abu Hamza al-Masri, Aafia Siddiqui, Salah Abdeslam, and Sabrina Harman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Iva Toguri D'Aquino ranks 265. Before her are Kazimierz Brandys, Lidia Wysocka, Richard K. Guy, I. J. Good, Rupert Davies, and Roger Apéry. After her are John Kundla, Günther Ortmann, Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem, Clare Dennis, Albert Hyzler, and Óscar Cristi. Among people deceased in 2006, Iva Toguri D'Aquino ranks 322. Before her are Rosendo Hernández, Reidar Liaklev, Muhammadu Maccido, Gösta Sandberg, Erik Elmsäter, and Suzan Kahramaner. After her are Tony Jay, Shirley Walker, Doug Serrurier, Georges Stuber, Ossi Reichert, and Fritz Schwab.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Iva Toguri D'Aquino ranks 9,479 out of 20,380. Before her are Tom M. Apostol (1923), Pete Wilson (1933), George Moscone (1929), Alexis Arquette (1969), Beatrice Hicks (1919), and Roland Burris (1937). After her are Robert Stangland (1881), David Koepp (1963), Robert E. Sherwood (1896), Nestor Serrano (1955), Charley Grapewin (1869), and Michael Shermer (1954).

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Among MAFIOSOS In United States

Among mafiosos born in United States, Iva Toguri D'Aquino ranks 24. Before her are Belle Starr (1848), Sammy Gravano (1945), Joseph Colombo (1923), Tony Accardo (1906), Jonathan Pollard (1954), and Kenneth Lay (1942). After her are Steven Avery (1962), Sabrina Harman (1978), Troy Davis (1968), Charles Graner (1968), Murder of Adam Walsh (1974), and Duncan D. Hunter (1976).

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